{"product_id":"9781935914341","title":"The Golden Gate Bridge and Other Natural Wonders","description":"The Golden Gate Bridge and Other Natural Wonders is Han-Jae Lee's first collection of poetry to be published in English. Described as \"...a curious mix of Eastern sensibility and Western playfulness,\" Lee's poetry speaks with striking detail and understated elegance. His is the mind of a seeker who persistently asks us to go beyond how things appear, and in looking deeply, to arrive at the soul of all things.\u003cp\u003ePainting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the carelessly lined circle becomes a flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a casually drawn horizontal line becomes the place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere Earth meets up with Heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI glimpse the bony branches while I sketch...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lines on the paper become the morning sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr the thorns of rose bushes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright flowers bloom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rose thorns turn into pins which pierce the fin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the fishes like memories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat are sleeping in the deep lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lilies are shy and smiling;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehiding in the woods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm listening to Vivaldi's \"Four Seasons.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside, it is raining; gusty winds whip around me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd lightning strikes with a loud voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust at that moment the electric lights go out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything vanishes into the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI light a candle and start again-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut my pencil to the blank page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHan-Jae Lee began writing poetry in 1997. He studied poetry and creative writing at Chung-Ang University and Korea University in Korea, and also in the\u003cbr\u003e United States, attending writing workshops at the Aptos and Campbell\u003cbr\u003e Public Libraries and at the Almaden Community Center in San Jose.\u003cbr\u003e In 2005 he won a poetry award (silver) in a national poetry contest for his work, A High-rise Apartment, given annually for an outstanding poem, sponsored by The National Assembly of Korea and The\u003cbr\u003e Federation of Korean Cultural Center. His first poetry collection, A High-Rise\u003cbr\u003e Apartment, was published in Korea in 2008. He also co-published three poetry anthologies and his poems have appeared in the magazines, Literary Movement and Trend, Literature World and Vision of\u003cbr\u003e Poetry (all in Korean). He has been writing poetry in English since 2004\u003cbr\u003e and this poetry collection is his first book in English. He lives in both San Jose and Seoul.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"River Sanctuary Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050190455024,"sku":"9781935914341","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935914341_p0.jpg?v=1763656963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935914341","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}